Chickens prefer beautiful humans

Human Nature

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 383-389

  Ghirlanda, Stefano ^a   Jansson, Liselotte ^a   Enquist, Magnus ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Facial attractiveness; Handicap principle; Receiver bias; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036388193     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-002-1021-6     Document Type: Article

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